The Fremont Chamber of Commerce is revisiting a hot topic amongst local residents and businesses: paid parking.

At the Lake Washington Rowing Club (910 N. Northlake Way), on May 19, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the new Director of SDOT, Peter Hahn — along with Parking Enforcement officers, parking designers and other City staff — will discuss paid parking in Fremont, which has long had a strong base of opponents, including the Chamber. A short presentation of the status of parking in Fremont today (from the City’s perspective) will be followed with a Q&A.

Breakfast will be provided with the $15 it costs to RSVP (which climbs to $20 without an RSVP), so if you’re interested, please register ahead of time here.

The Seattle Department of Transportation is making repairs to several area bridges this week.  This Wednesday, January 20, crews will be doing maintenance work on the Fremont Bridge from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  The northbound, right curb lane will be closed during that time.  In Ballard, crews will be completing guard rail repairs on the Ballard Bridge on January 20-22 and January 25-26.  The southbound, right lane will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on each of those days.